The Strokes - Machu picchu lyrics

rate me

Putting your patience to the test

Putting your body on the line, for less

Didn't you know there was a choice?

It's never yours but someone else's voice

Selling your body through the street

Selling your girlfriends to the night, for cheap

Wearing a jacket made of meat

Sealing a letter made with horses' feet

And now you've heard that

Waves turn to grey

Life in the shade

A violent cloud

And that's the USA

Platinum's on the rise

Playboys in the sky

I'm just tryin' to find

A mountain I can climb

Putting your patience to the test

Putting your body on the line, for less

Didn't you know there was a choice?

It's never yours but someone else's voice

And now you've seen that

Blondes turn to grey

Life in the shade

A violent crime

And that's the US

Porn on the rise

Psychos in disguise

I'm just tryin' to find

A mountain I can climb

Darlin'

Ain't nobody gonna tell us

They're gonna be oh so jealous

We're gonna be oh so silent

They're gonna be stoned in silence

I didn't wanna ask you, baby

I didn't wanna have to ask anybody, baby

Is anybody asking maybe?

Can anyone even hear me/this shit?

Why are you waiting beyond the door?

Life turns to dust

And rain turns to rust

Gossip is the truth

And money pays for the lies we trust

Your love is a surprise

Homeless saints are in disguise

I'm just tryin' to find

A nice place for you and I

Thanks to Mitch for correcting these lyrics

Thanks to Ash for correcting these lyrics